Health and Wellness

Archive for April, 2010

Stress is the state in which individuals are faced with the need to make difficult or undesirable changes in order to adapt to events and situations in their lives. Under this definition, stress includes not only the body’s response to physical and psychological demands, but the mental, emotional, and behavioral responses as well.

Stress Relief Techniques

1. Sit quietly in a comfortable position. It is important that there be no undue muscular strain in the body
2. Close your eyes
3. Beginning at your feet and progressing up to your face, relax all your muscles and keep them relaxed.
4. Breathe through your nose, naturally and evenly, becoming aware of your breathing. As you breathe out, say a short phrase or single word, such as “ONE,” silently to yourself. The repetition of the word or phrase helps break the train of distracting thoughts.
5. Continue for 10 to 20 minutes. (You may open your eyes to check the time, but do not use a several more minutes, at first with your eyes closed and then with them open.
6. Do not worry about how well you are performing the technique, but adopt a passive attitude. If distracting thoughts occur, disregard them and redirect your attention to the repetition of the word or phrase.

Protecting from Sun

Protecting your skin from is very important part to maintain your skin. The Ultraviolet Rays – Its an invisible rays but its the powerful rays emitted from the sun which causes serious problems to your skin, affects your wrinkles, dry, tough skin, liver spots, and various critical disorders, for example it causes Skin cancer and skin tumors.

Wash Your Skin Gently & Regularly

leansing is an essential part of caring for your skin. The key is to treat your skin gently.  Cleansing at regular intervals will help to remove odors and bacteria from your body.

Smoking

Smoking causes serious damage to your skin, it also causes aging problem and increases winkles.  It will affect majority of young smokers, for young smokers it will cause damage to the skin after 10 years.

Moisturize regularly

Moisturizers help maintain your skin’s natural moisture levels. They work by providing a seal over your skin — to keep water from escaping — or by slowly releasing water into your skin.

Shave carefully

Shaving is a common and inexpensive way to remove unwanted hair. But shaving can cause skin irritations, especially if your skin is thin, dry or very sensitive.

Learn and Move at the Same Time. Children (and adults) need visits to libraries, museums, zoos, gardens and working farms. These learning experiences increase our knowledge of our world, offer exposure to the arts, inspire creativity and bolster language development in conversations.  Schedule day trips to places like science centers and aquariums that offer interactive programs for children

Get Out and Get Moving. Everyone should be active for an hour a day.  Fresh air is motivating so get outside! Get to the park, hit some tennis balls, shoot a basketball, play kickball with the whole family, or bring back a childhood favorite-TAG. Start with just 15 minutes a day; add 15 more each week and by the fourth week, you will be at the recommended one hour a day.

A Little Here, A Little There. Try to inject more physical activity into all aspects of daily life: Get your toddler out of his stroller more, use your child’s practice times to exercise, have a limbo or dance contest after dinner, play active games even while waiting for the school bus, and as always, take the stairs at every opportunity.